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I had guessed The Drums would be opening it, but having Bombay above The Big Pink is quite a strange choice. BP have just wracked up a fairly big - considering the climate - hit with Dominoes, have got more acclaim etc. Bombay second-headlining, when recent years have seen The Futureheads, Arctic Monkeys and The View do it, is just a bit strange. Maccabees headlining is understandable, but they've just played a big tour, done festivals and surely exhausted a large group of people who want to see them? I dunno, the spectacle seems to have fallen.

with the Maccabees thing, to be honest I'm really, really coming to the end of the line with great songs like x-ray and the first album stuff. of course, the spark they provoke whilst on stage is great, but not all the 2nd album stuff is unbelievably good.
what i would LOVE to see was some acoustic versions of songs, now that would be superb. (imo)

you blatantly didn't enjoy them at the time and you're only saying that with the benefit of lovely hindsight. To be honest. I went to that same gig, and I thought the same of you, but I actually thought all The Horrors songs sounded the same at the time, but obviously they've redeemed themselves since...whereas Mumm-Ra did the honourable thing and fucked off. Yay

you blatantly didn't enjoy them at the time and you're only saying that with the benefit of lovely hindsight. To be honest. I went to that same gig, and I thought the same of you, but I actually thought all The Horrors songs sounded the same at the time, but obviously they've redeemed themselves since...whereas Mumm-Ra did the honourable thing and fucked off. Yay

I had the limited edition Strange House CD. Bought the s/t ep even though I already had those songs. Had bought the Count In Fives and Gloves singles AND I bought one of those "I Am A Horror" t-shirts. I did and still do love them.

went to the cringe worthy "indie rave" tour and had a fantastic time back in 07. klaxons were massive at the time and the rest were great fun. this year is a little poor, went last year and left before glasvegas. friendly fires and florence, to a certain extent, were the only good things. not sure why i went...

2008 The Cribs, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, The Ting Tings

Fucking Jesus it was terrible, was only there for the cribs, and I got got a nosebleed during the third song, so I missed most of their set. That gig meant that I've seen Joe Lean twice, yet I'll never be able to see the exploding hearts. The word is cruel, yo.

The infamous Shockwaves NME Awards Tour is ready to rock as The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Big Pink and The Drums all hit the road to greatness. Mould breaking indie band, The Maccabees will headline the hotly anticipated annual tour with Bombay Bicycle Club, The Big Pink and The Drums completing the stellar line-up which kicks off in Newcastle on 4 February 2010.

Joining the line-up for The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour is a sure sign that big things are about to happen and it’s set to be one hell of a show. Bringing together the cream of the rock music crop, with hotly tipped art-rockers The Maccabees; Bombay Bicycle Club’s folky-punk, but still rocky sound; electric rock duo The Big Pink and finally, The Drums with their updated take on 50’s surf-rock. In short, anyone who likes their rock, in whatever form, will not be disappointed.

The tour has always been a fizzingly fertile breeding ground for breaking the best new talent with the likes of Ting Tings, Klaxons, Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Bloc Party and The Killers having graced previous rosters. As a new decade dawns, NME is once again proud to present four of the most hotly tipped bands for the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2010.

Highly acclaimed south London based five piece The Maccabees are already a firm favourite on the festival circuit and are currently enjoying the success of their second album, Wall Of Arms. After building a huge following over the past three years they are one of the best home-grown indie rock bands to emerge in the UK. The band are ready to wow their most devoted crowd to date with this headline slot on the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour.

Felix White, Lead singer of The Maccabees said: "We understand the legacy of this tour....The old NME tours years ago, if I missed one I'd think shit, I'm never going to see that again. So that's a nice thing to be a part of. It looks like a good tour to me... we're as lucky as anyone to be on it. As far as upping our game, we understand the kind of bands who have headlined before. The kind of calibre those groups are, we've got to reach that".

Next on the bill are industry darlings Bombay Bicycle Club who released their first album I had the Blues but I Shook them Loose earlier this year to rave reviews. After a spellbinding set at Glastonbury and supporting The Pixies, the band are now set to bring their unique sound to audiences across the UK as part of the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour putting them on the road to even bigger success.

Following them are The Big Pink, the band who sing about love “love for everything” they proclaim. The duo, Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze, have already won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act and have just released their debut album, A Brief History Of Love.

Grabbing the opening slot, once filled by Kaiser Chiefs, Coldplay and Franz Ferdinand, and often seen as the most coveted are The Drums. The New York based band recently played their first ever UK show to a packed and highly excitable crowd in London and so cemented their arrival as major new talents and one to watch in 2010. Set to release their new single, I Felt Stupid, in December the band are an exciting addition to the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2010 line-up.

The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour has become a legendary starting block for bands on the road to greatness, having booked (at the time) mere unknowns such as Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs, who all went on to become the biggest and most critically acclaimed bands of the year.

Ticket info
All tickets are priced £15.50 except Brixton O2 Academy where tickets are £18.10. Ticket price includes a 50p charity donation. Tickets will be on sale exclusively through www.nme.com/tickets or 0871 230 1094 from Monday 9th November at 7pm and general release from Friday 13th November at 9am. Further info on the Shockwaves NME Awards can be found at www.nme.com/awards.

the drums are obviously gonna be one band i like a bit now, but will hate next summer.
bbc are pretty decent. album is brilliant.
the big pink i love a few songs. still velvet >>>>>>> dominos.
maccabees i have a soft spot for, even though i haven't listened to them in a while.